Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-17

From the Boston Transcript
Does it pay TO be potter The experience o.
certain washington-stret merchant inclines him
strongly to the belief that it does Let hisrtsIi
the story:
st was about two months ago that went 20
Youngs 70 lunch one day, feeling overworked,
aas m me p sup q Che S xs Sp
prefer 60 SIT, saw one table where there were two
empty chairs, one OF which, however, had been
beard who sat at the table. / took the othW
empty chair and ordered my lunch
Just as began 20 eat q friend OF mine-ftfkin-
son, OF MIX stret-whom wanted 90 re very
much came in and walked down past the table,
Ihere WAS business matter between as which ]
70 Keep at my lunch. looked at the chair that
was turned down, and &c struck me that my
neighoor's friend, for whom he was keeping the
ALREADY that Was little cross so I quietly
turned back the chair and invited Parkinson 10
s 81. d o. WI sreupon the man with the BLACK
81 WAS Weeping that chair for friend.' said he.
1t strikes me, sir, that your friend In n long
think any one has . right 20 retain seat 70 the
exclusion OF everybody else
the oiack-oearded man said no more. though
ne looNeu me over carefully. and Parkinson sae
down. Presently the other mans friend came An.
ana the oiack-bearded man Got up, had his diahek
removed TO another table after some bother TO get
hold OF waiter, and they sat down together
while we went on with our lunch and our business.
-, ABOUT a month after that there was matter
OF some $1,000 dinerence IN a transaction between
man I'm our trade and myself and we axreed 60
leave IL out 10 arbitration. We each sses,tAd our
man. and they selected third who wasn't Known
TO me, but who was said to be a very fair man.
had my side set forth In good shape and knew
| should have won the case easily enough hut
when / went In 70 see the arbitratora and rave a
glance AZ the third man, my heart SANK. IL WAS
the olack-bearded man whose chair had taken
possession OF at YoungS Now, believe that man
may have been fully resolved 20 decide the case on
Its merits but don't believe that he or any other
man could have done so under the circumstances
NY rude act stuck In his crop. that was all He
decided dead against me, and served me right. !
shall always believe that IL cost me Just o thou
sand dollars TO turn back that mans chair"
Earthquake shock An . Deep Mine.
From the Virginia tNev.) Enterprise. June 4.
Yesterday morning, at ten or twelve minutes @
O'Clock, this city was visited by an earthquake
shock that was probably the severet ever fe,s
here. 1t awoke nearly every one In the CITY, From
first to last It continued eight or ten seconda 10
began with sort OF thrill or culver that LASTED
only the fraction OF q second. then came the big
thump or shock, which was as sudden and g soon
over as the report OF q cannon. Had half dozen
such jerks as the big one occurred IN Succession
many buildings would have suffered The baR
that finally died out The shock was felt Ia most
mines along the C0mStOck. A miner who MAS on
the 500 level OF the Consolidated California and
Virginia says II seemed TO him that the ground
Best and Belcher thought there had been big ex.
ploSon OF gas In the bQlkheaded portion OF the
Consolidated California and Virginia At the
Ophtr the miners on the 1 800 level thought somo
Kind OF explosion had occurred and hAstentng 70
the main SHAFT were hoisted out Some OF the fnen
say that it seemed 10 them that something had
| swept through the mine that was ''iike . big
wind"